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Assessment and support guide: climate solution providers

Assessing 1.5 °C compatibility, avoided emissions, positive impacts, carbon handprint, mitigation contributions, scope 4

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IRIS+

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Unique selling point
IRIS+' most unique aspect is their focus on not only environmental issues but also social and humanitarian issues and providing clear data for these areas
Objective
Measure, manage and optimize impact
Launch year
N/A
Opportunities score
9
Challenges score
-29
N/A count
2
1.5 °C Compatibility Assessment of tools/initiatives
Opportunities
1
Help establish a dynamic solution perspective
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
2
Quick and Easy Assessment
3
Identifying acceleration potential for solutions
4
1.5 °C Compatible
5
Need focus for 11 Billion with equity encouragement (Global south agenda)
6
Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
7
+1000 and/or >10 Gigatonnes of potential solutions
8
Aligned with Mission Innovations Net-Zero Innovation Compatibility Initative
9
Focus on clustering of solutions (across existing sectors)
Challenges
1
Lock-in Potential from the solutions
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
2
Supply and End-of-Pipe Focus
3
Excluding Transformative (System) Solutions
4
Only including technology innovations
5
Resource Intensive Solutions
6
Only Focus on Problems rather than Human Needs
7
Excluding other sustainability aspects (biodiversity and poverty)
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
8
No filter to support sustainable solutions for an equitable world with 11 billion
9
Limiting focus to existing/traditional sectors
10
Lack of implementation in global south/no focus on 11 Billion with equity encouragement
11
No focus on clustering of solutions
1.5 °C Compability Assessment comments
Description
1. What the assessment is meant to be used for
1. Identifying solutions
2. Support solutions
3. Strategic decisions
4. Increased positive impact
5. Investor information
6. Market/user information
7. PR/Branding/Offsetting
8. Reporting
9. Other
2. Scope of assessment
1. Avoided Emissions
2. 1.5C Compatibility
3. SDG compatibility
4. Sustainability for 11 Billion Citizens
5. Other compatibility (existential risks, etc)
6. Preselected categories of solutions
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other
3. Stakeholder focus
1. Large companies
2. SMEs/Start-ups
3. Investors
4. Policy makers
5. Other
4. Assessment activities
1. Developing Principles (Offering high-level standards to begin to align stakholders)
2. Assessment & Internal reporting (Organizing common metrics & methodological guidelines)
3. Defining Targets (Defining strategies around specific impact goals, such as net-zero and 1.5C LED compatability)
4. Collecting and disclosing data (Advocating for and/or facilitating data transparency)
5. Standardizing evalualtion (Independent 3rd party evaluation based on publicly available data)
5. Time horizon
1. now
2. 2030
3. 2050
4. Other
6. Methodology
1. Individual LCA/assessment
2. Case studies
3. Macro assessment (solution belonging to specific area)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
7. Approach
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
8. State of development
1. Early Beta
2. Working beta/Draft
3. Working (but limited users)
4. Fully working/Published
9. Process
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
10. Assessment unit
1. Individual technologies
2. Individual solutions (economic, leagal, etc)
3. Individual companies/start-ups
4. Clusters of companies/enablers
5. Companies
6. Cities
7. Countries
8. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
9. Other
11. Solution categories
1. All possible solutions
2. Predetermined areas
3. Minimum level of avoided emission
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
12. Solution areas
1. Technical
2. Business models
3. Financial
4. Legal
5. PR/Communication
6. Policy/Governance
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other/not specific
13. Process for verifying data
1. Third party
2. Open data
3. No process/nontransparent
4. Other
5. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
6. Not clear/no info provided
14. Data provided by
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
15. 1.5 °C pathway focus
1. P1
1. P2
1. P3
1. P4
5. N/A, unknown
Scale of operations
1. Number of impact assessments
2. Total avoided emissions
3. Total number 1.5C compatible assessments
4. Number of users
5a. Other indicator of scale: Total revenue of supported organizations/companies
5 b. Other indicator of scale: Number of countries/ cities/ other worked with
5c. Other indicator of scale: Total amount of assets represented
5d. Other indicator of scale: Other
16a. Number of impact assessments
16b. Total avoided emissions
16c. Total number 1.5 °C compatible assessments
17. Organizations behind
Description comments

What the assessment is meant to be used for
‍5. Investor information: The aim is to provide clarity and comparability between investing options source
‍6. Market/user information: The aim is to provide clarity and comparability between investing options source

Scope of assessment
8. Other: No specified type of assessment methodology or focus has been identified

Stakeholder focus
3. Investors: Stated as target user source

Assessment activities
4. Collecting and disclosing data (Advocating for and/or facilitating data transparency): Stated as focus source

Time horizon 
1. now: As the focus is largely on investing in solutions, the focus is on a shorter time frame source

Methodology 
5. Other: Providing input data for improved comparison and clarity  source

Approach 
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors: As reduction/transformation has not been identified as a metric for what solutions are analysed,it is likely a mix of investing in improvements investing in emerging techonologies/solutions
2. Delivering new solutions to needs: As reduction/transformation has not been identified as a metric for what solutions are analysed,it is likely a mix of investing in improvements investing in emerging techonologies/solutions

State of development 
‍4. Fully working/Published: Fully functioning analysis tool source

Process
‍1. Static (just an assessment): Focus on data and comparison between existing solutions and revenue streams source
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve): Focus on data and comparison between existing solutions and revenue streams source

Assessment unit
9. Other: Likely to cover many if not all types of assessment units

Solution categories
1. All possible solutions : No specified area of focus for solution types has been identified

Solution areas
‍8. Other/not specific: No info on focus areas has been identified

‍Process for verifying data
1. Third party: Data used by IRIS+ is publically available and reported on through their website and other channels source

Data provided by 
‍2. Own data base: The data is a mix of research, user-provided data and input from various other organisations source

1.5 C Pathway Focus 
5. N/A, unknown: Considering that a main focus is 'Environmental and social impact', it is challenging to link the activities as a whole to a specific pathway. Likely to support a range of solutions that synergises with all four pathways

Scale of operations
5c. Other indicator of scale: Total amount of assets represented: Number of registred users: >28000 source    
5d. Other indicator of scale: Other: A large range of organisations, please refer to: source

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